Gamma-ray bursts (like the one depicted in this artist’s impression) are the most violent explosions in the Universe, releasing more energy than the Sun would in 10 billion years.

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Huge gamma-ray burst collection ‘rivals 250-year-old Messier catalogue’

Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it "rivals the catalogue of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago", astronomers say. GRBs are the most violent...

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Job title Education and Outreach Officer Salary £38,000 per year Contract type Full-time, permanent About the Royal Astronomical Society The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), founded in 1820, is a prestigious institution dedicated...

Dr Rosemary Fowler with her daughter Mary Fowler.

Physics pioneer, 98, honoured 75 years after discovery

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Professor Gilles Chabrier (left) and Professor John-Michael Kendall (right) pick up their Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medals, along with other prize winners (inset).

Winners of 2024 RAS Awards receive their prizes at NAM

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Scientists say it is now possible to predict the precise speed a coronal mass ejection (shown left in an artist's impression) is travelling at and when it will smash into Earth (bottom right moving in our direction) – even before it has fully erupted from the Sun (top right).

New dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth's tech

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Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) image of the big sunspot that occurred on 5 May 2024, in continuum intensity ('white light').

Early riser! The Sun is already starting its next solar cycle

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The transformers that are most ‘connected’ to the network throughout the storm and therefore may be locations of vulnerability when it comes to space weather.

Washington DC among US cities most vulnerable to space weather, scientists say

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An artist's impression of the European Space Agency's PLATO spacecraft.

Exoplanet-hunting telescope to begin search for another Earth in 2026

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Four circles of images of constellations, William, Caroline and John Herschel.

Astronomy through the Herschels

Image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission of the solar disk with multiple sunspots, which appear dark compared with their surroundings. Credit: HMI/SDO/NASA

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Solar activity likely to peak next year, new study suggests

Events and Dates for the Diary

Sep 2024

Open House at the Royal Astronomical Society 2024

Saturday, 21 of September 2024 - 10:00

RAS Public Events

Sep 2024

Friends of RAS (only) Lecture: Massive stars and where to find them. Speaker: Anna McLoed

Thursday, 26 of September 2024 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

Oct 2024

Black holes and AGN in the era of the Event Horizon Telescope, JWST, and the Rubin Observatory.

Friday, 11 of October 2024 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2024

Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in the Solar Atmosphere and Interior

Friday, 11 of October 2024 - 10:35

RAS Meetings

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